Resultado da Busca
Plot. Henry Adams, a clerk in a San Francisco stockbroker's office, is swept out to sea while sailing one weekend. He is rescued by a ship bound for London and must work during the voyage to earn his passage, and he arrives in the city with his clothing in rags and only one dollar in his pocket.
- Mark Twain
- 1893
A penniless man in London receives a million pound note from two brothers who bet on his fate. Read the full summary of this classic novella by Mark Twain and its connection to the movie Trading Places.
5 de set. de 2023 · A short story about a man who receives a million-pound bank note from two English brothers and uses it to his advantage in London. He meets a wealthy woman, marries her, and cashes the note, but faces a dilemma when he learns the truth about the wager.
Those two old brothers. 1 The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories was published in 1893; the text comes from Internet Archive (archive.org). had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything.
- 220KB
- 17
27 de fev. de 2020 · The Project Gutenberg EBook of The £1,000,000 bank-note, by Mark Twain This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
A humorous story of a poor sailor who finds a million-pound bank note in London and becomes a target of a bet between two wealthy brothers. Read the full text, analysis, and related media on CommonLit, a free online library of literary texts.
5 de set. de 2023 · A short story about a man who uses a fake million-pound bank note to trick two wealthy Englishmen. Learn about the narrative point of view, the symbolism of the bank note, and the themes of wealth and corruption.
